Louis investigates San Quentin, the oldest and most notorious maximum security prison in California - and the only one with a death row. Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. More from ...

In reality, Louis has compared the experience to being more like San Quentin prison ... the son of famed travel writer and novelist, Paul Theroux, himself a castaway in 1976.

Louis spends two weeks in California's notorious San Quentin State Prison, meeting some long-term inmates and getting to grips with their intriguing inner culture. We ...

Louis Theroux has said he "wrestled" with the issue of whether to amplify extreme voices in his new series. Forbidden America, set to air on BBC Two, sees the film-maker interview people on the ...